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A man was fatally shot in the chest when gunfire erupted on a Near East Side street yesterday
afternoon, Columbus police said.

The victim was identified last night as Andre Martin, 36, who was pronounced dead at Grant
Medical Center at 6:14 p.m.

Detectives were following up on information last night that there might have been a second
victim from the shooting who sought treatment for a gunshot wound at a hospital outside of
Columbus, detective Paul Callahan said.

Police were first called to the shooting about 4:30 p.m. to the 400 block of Stoddart Avenue,
north of E. Main Street.

Charrol Brown, who lives on Stoddart Avenue, said she heard four or five gunshots.

She said Martin walked onto her front porch, bleeding and looking dazed.